stumble against

verb

To discover or find accidentally.

“That team will probably stumble against their first-round opponents in the tournament.”

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Meanings

verbstumble against (third-person singular simple present stumbles against, present participle stumbling against, simple past and past participle stumbled against)

present singular third person stumbles against · participle present stumbling against · participle past stumbled against · past stumbled against

  1. figurativelytransitiveTo discover or find accidentally.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo meet (somebody) by chance.

    Synonyms: bump into, run into

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, against.

    That team will probably stumble against their first-round opponents in the tournament.

    Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, happen upon, stumble across, stumble on, stumble onto

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo meet (somebody) by chance.

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bump intorun into

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, against.

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chance onchance uponcome acrosscome uponhappen uponstumble acrossstumble onstumble ontostumble upon

Translations

French tomber sur, tomber sur
  • tomber surto discover or find by accident
  • tomber surto meet (somebody) by chance
Cite this entry
APA

stumble against. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumble%20against

MLA

“stumble against.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumble%20against. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stumble against,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumble%20against.

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